Alby Lee Santander

Alby Lee Managing Director Head of Global Transaction Banking Asia‐Pacific , S. A. Hong Kong Branch Ms. Alby Lee joins Banco Santander Hong Kong with over 18 years of experience in the banking industry. As Managing Director, Head of Global Transaction Banking Asia Pacific, she manages the transaction banking business in 7 countries covering Trade finance, Supply Chain Finance and Cash Management from Sales, Product Management, Channel Management to Implementation. Prior to joining Banco Santander, Alby worked at Bank for 16 years in both Wholesale Bank and Consumer Bank at various Asia locations such as Shanghai, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. Her last appointment in Standard Chartered Bank was Global Head of Employee Banking based in Singapore. Alby has a Master of Business Administration from University of British Columba, Vancouver, Canada and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Hong Kong. Alby is married with 2 boys of 3 and 6 years old. Andrew Burlison Swift

Andrew Burlison is Director of Compliance Services for the Asia Pacific region at SWIFT, based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for the strategic promotion and market awareness of SWIFT’s Sanctions Testing and Compliance Analytics’ tools. Before joining SWIFT, he was the regional Head of Screening Sales Specialists at Thomson , where he led the screening proposition for new business sales in Asia, focusing on KYC and Transaction Monitoring process solutions. He started his career at Thomson Reuters in London and transferred to Hong Kong in 2013. Prior to that, Andrew held multiple roles in the UK sector. Starting his extensive compliance career as a Compliance Specialist at Misys Banking Systems, Andrew has spent the last 18 years helping financial institutions around the world implement systems and processes to keep them compliant in an effective and efficient way. Calvin Leung

Calvin has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry, specialising in trade, structured and commodity finance as well as institutional finance with international banks. Before joining National Australia Bank as Head of Trade Finance, North East Asia in 2010, Calvin was the Executive Director and Head of Trade Finance, North Asia at Deutsche Zentral‐Genossenschaftbank (DZ BANK), Hong Kong Branch. He had overall responsibility for the business of trade, structured trade and institutional finance as well as German and multinational clients coverage in the region. He has been one of the Asia leadership members at DZ since 1997. Since then, he has built up the structured trade finance team in the region. Calvin started his career at HSBC and subsequently joined Union Bank of Switzerland Hong Kong Branch in 1984 where he has held various senior positions in product development, transaction banking and was the Vice President and Head of Trade Finance since 1991, covering Greater China and South Korea. Poon Churn Yuen Concordia Agritrading

An experienced structured trade finance individual with a long and extensive career within the banking and commodity industry. Skills include strong leadership and coaching to motivate teams to achieve positive outcomes. Key achievement includes the setting up of trade finance operation flows, project and process management. Throughout the years, I’ve accumulated an extensive experience within both industries focusing mainly within the Asean region. In the last few years I’ve worked on projects within Asia, i.e. trade syndication, pre‐export finance, financing, warehouse financing and recently investment, operation and trading of coal and nickel mines in Indonesia. Key capabilities include: * Process orientated * Team leadership and supervision * Customer service and communication * Business objectives and target achievement Fabrice Desnos Euler Hermes

Fabrice Desnos, French, 44, is the Head of the Asia Pacific Region for Euler Hermes, based in Hong Kong. A graduate from Ecole Centrale in Lyon and from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, Fabrice joined Euler Hermes SA in 1996, where he held various financial positions within Euler Hermes France before being appointed as Group Financial Controller of Euler Hermes SA in 2000. In 2003, he became Financial Director of Euler Hermes UK, before being appointed from 1 January 2008, Chief Executive Officer of Euler Hermes UK, in charge of the group operations in the UK and Ireland. He then moved to Hong Kong to take his current position from 1 March 2012. Finbarr Bermingham Global Trade Review

Finbarr Bermingham is the Asia Editor of GTR and has been based in Hong Kong since the beginning of 2015. He is responsible for all Asia coverage in the magazine and its supplements and regularly travels to events around the region. He was previously the Trade Correspondent for the International Business Times in London, reporting most regularly on international trade and development, sanctions, free trade agreements and commodities fraud. Frank Wu

Appointed Regional Head of Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific by Deutsche Bank in January 2013, Frank Wu leads a team across Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai which specializes in providing a wide range of innovative structured trade finance solutions to clients in the commodity sectors including metals & mining, energy and agriculture. Prior to this appointment, he was the Head of Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates, Greater China from 2011 to 2012 and Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, China from 2008 to 2011. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Frank was the Head of Metals & Mining, Origination & Client Relationships at Standard Chartered Bank with pan‐China coverage responsibilities for miners, producers and traders in the metals sector. Prior to Standard Chartered, Frank worked for 12 years at HSBC covering a variety of corporate banking roles in Hong Kong and mainland China. Frank holds an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School and a .Eng in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Helen Clark Aon

Helen heads up the 10‐strong Trade Credit & Political Risk team in Singapore. The team manages & develops a portfolio of trade credit & political risk related risks, including global programs for Fortune 500 companies. She’s been in trade credit insurance for +25 years, as an underwriter until joining Aon in June 2012: firstly for 8 years at RSA and followed by 16 years at Euler Hermes. At Euler Helen was responsible for the Strategic Accounts & SME portfolios in the USA, plus the Americas’ World Agency book; before moving to Singapore to become the Regional Commercial Director. A UK national, she started in the London market; followed by 9 years in the US; and has been in Singapore since 2009. Helen is married, with two sons. James Li Lynch

James Li Managing Director Head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, the Greater China James Li joined the bank in Oct 2010 and is responsible for trade and supply chain finance business in Greater China. Before that he was Head of trade for JPMorgan China. He has over 10 year experiences in trade and supply chain solution and been serving corporate and financial institutions clients across Great China region. He holds a M.B.A degree from Duke University. Jayant Parande Olam

Jayant Parande is the Senior Vice President & Group Treasurer at Olam International Limited (a globally integrated supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients), and heads the Corporate Treasury function for the Olam Group globally. Mr Parande joined the Group in Nigeria in 1995, and was in charge of the Finance & Accounts function of Olam Nigeria as Financial Controller. He was transferred to the Corporate Headquarters at Singapore in 1998 as Senior Financial Controller handling Management Accounting for a group of products, and took over his current treasury responsibility in April 2001. Prior to joining Olam, Mr Parande worked for an edible oils & consumer goods company in Mumbai, India from 1990 to 1995 in the Corporate Finance & Treasury departments. Mr Parande obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce & Economics from the University of Bombay, India in 1987 and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. Further to his Finance & Treasury roles, Mr Parande is also a member of Olam’s Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CRS) Executive Committee. John Sprengelmeijer ING

John Sprengelmeijer is Head of ING Commodities Group, North

Asia, based in Hong Kong. He started this role in September 2013 and is responsible for the Trade & Commodity Finance teams in

Hong Kong and Shanghai. Prior to this position, he was a Team

Head within ING’s Trade & Commodity Finance unit in Geneva,

Switzerland. He started his Trade & Commodity Finance career as

Relationship Manager in ING’s team in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Jolyon Ellwood‐Russell Simmons & Simmons

Jolyon is a partner with the international law firm Simmons & Simmons based in their Hong Kong office. Jolyon is a leading finance lawyer in Asia specialising in Trade and Commodity Finance. With over 15 years of experience, Jolyon acts for financial institutions, traders and trade finance funds involved in the commodities supply chain. Jolyon is qualified in both England & Wales and Hong Kong and is author of the Banking Volume of the Hong Kong Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents and a Glossary of Trade Finance Terms. Kai Fehr Bank

Kai S. Fehr Head of Trade Sales, Asia Pacific International Trade Services Based in Singapore and as Head of Sales Kai Fehr leads International Trade Service to further build Wells Fargo’s trade business for Financial Institutions and Corporate Clients in Asia Pacific. Kai joined Wells Fargo from Bank in Singapore as Managing Director and Head of Trade & Working Capital for APAC, leading trade sales, trade product and trade asset distribution. Prior to Barclays, Kai was with Markets and Investment Bank in Singapore where he had various roles leading a distressed debt special situation fund in the Philippines as well as being responsible for structured trade facilities, commodity finance for Asian clients. Kai has also been the Chair of the Banking Environmental Initiative (BEI) sustainable shipment working group to achieve zero net deforestation through innovation in the trade finance supply chain. Kai was born in Germany, and has a Master degree in Law from the University of Munich (LMU) and a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Bayreuth. Kuresh Sarjan Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Kuresh Sarjan Managing Director Head of Trade Finance, GTS Asia PacificKuresh Sarjan, based in Hong Kong, heads the Asia Pacific Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance line of business, which is an integral part of Global Transaction Services (GTS). Kuresh provides strategic direction, owns the P&L and executes on the GTS Trade Finance mandate with a team of Trade Product Leaders and Sales Specialists located across the APAC region. His responsibilities extend to oversight on Operations, Counterparty and Enterprise Risk Management functions for this business. Over a 19‐year career with the firm, Kuresh has served in leadership roles in Corporate Banking & (GCIB) spanning Client coverage, Global Treasury Services and Trade Finance. Kuresh holds a Masters in Management (MBA) and is an Engineering graduate (BE Mechanical). He has hosted a number of client events and writes extensively on the subject of Global Trade. Kuresh serves as the Co‐Chair of BAFT Asian Trade Finance Committee and was previously Co‐Chair of the Financial Services Committee of AMCHAM HK. Marc Vandiepenbeeck Johnson Controls

Marc Vandiepenbeeck is the Corporate Treasurer Asia Pacific for Johnson Controls; a Milwaukee based global manufacturing company with four core divisions: Building Efficiency, Power Solutions, Automotive Seating and Global Workplace Solutions. Johnson Controls’ annual revenue in 2014 was USD 43 billion. Vandiepenbeeck joined the Company in 2005 and has worked in various positions in financial markets, controlling and corporate treasury in Europe, and Asia Pacific. Prior to Johnson Controls, Vandiepenbeeck worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Vandiepenbeeck holds a Master in Science of Management from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. In 2008, Vandiepenbeeck co‐founded Whitewater Analytics, a treasury system company. Vandiepenbeeck remains on the board as business development advisor. Michael Vrontamitis Standard Chartered

As Head of Trade, Product Management, Transaction Banking Michael is responsible for the P&L and delivery of the Bank's Trade Finance capabilities globally in Documentary Trade, Receivables Finance, Supply Chain Finance, and working capital solutions, to all of the Bank’s clients across Corporate & Institutional, Commercial and Business clients. He is also accountable for the Bank's Trade Finance distribution. Michael is a member of the BAFT Global Trade Industry Council and the ICC Banking Commission Advisory Board. He chairs the SWIFT Offshore CNY Best Practice Working Group – Cash & Trade Group and in March 2014 he was recognised by The Asset as The Banker of the Year in the Industry Achievement Awards of the Triple A Treasury, Trade and Risk Management Awards. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1995 and has worked in Hong Kong, London and Singapore across a number of business areas including Corporate Relationship Management, Cash Management and Trade Product Sales, Investor Relations, Business Planning and Strategy for the CEO of the Consumer Bank, Customer Segmentation and Branding, and Customer Experience Management. Most recently Michael was the Head of Product Management for Asia, Transaction Banking where he had product oversight and P&L responsibilities across the suite of solutions for Cash Management, Trade Finance, Securities Services and Clearing for the bank's clients in the region. He is on the board and the honorary treasurer of KELY support group, a Hong Kong based Charity. KELY is focused on providing education and intervention for youth targeting drugs, alcohol and self esteem issues through peer support. Maurício Kehdi Molan Banco Santander

Mauricio Kehdi Molan, bachelor in Business administration and master in economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo. Specialized in currency crisis, having focused its thesis and scientific articles about this topic. 25 years of experience in financial markets, having previously worked for Unibanco‐Itau, bankboston and since 2003, Santander. Nicholas Kwan Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Nicholas Kwan joined the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in May 2013 as its Research Director. He heads a team of about 30 economists and research professionals, providing research support on all macro‐economic and business issues. Based in Hong Kong, Nick was formerly with Standard Chartered Bank, acted as the bank’s Asia Chief Economist and Head of Research, East, during 2005‐2012. In Standard Chartered, Nick managed a team of about 100 economists and other research professionals in foreign exchange, rates, credit, commodities, equities and support functions, located across eight different Asian cities from Seoul to Jakarta. Before Standard Chartered, Nick worked at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) for seven years as a senior manager, specializing in macro‐economic and policy research. Prior to the HKMA, Nick was the Regional Chief Economist of Merrill Lynch covering the Asia Pacific region from Korea to India, having based in Singapore and Hong Kong for 11 years. Nick and his team were rated among the top research teams of Hong Kong, China, Asia and the world in various polls, including Institutional Investor, Euromoney and Bloomberg. Nick is an economics graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with an MBA from Warwick University in the UK and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Paul Gardner Westpac Banking Corporation

Paul Gardner ‐ Global Head of Structured Commodity Finance, Westpac Banking Corporation. Paul has over 25 years experience in cross border structured finance. Paul started his career with in London before moving to New York and San Francisco with Bank of America in their structured trade and project finance groups. In 2001 Paul co‐founded a boutique investment bank in Denver Colorado specializing in distressed debt and work out situations, before moving to Asia as the Head of Project, Commodity and Export Finance for ABN AMRO. Following the acquisition by RBS of ABN, Paul became the regional head of the combined Project, Commodity and Export Finance Teams at RBS. In January 2010, Paul joined Deutsche Bank as Managing Director, Head of Structured Trade and Export Finance and Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia. In May 2013 Paul took up the position of Global Head of Structured Commodity Finance with Westpac Banking Corporation and is currently based in Singapore. Rahul Agarwal Patel Engineering Limited

Rahul Agarwal is responsible for risk management and financing at Matrix Bharat Pte Ltd (MXB), a joint venture of India based Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Germany based Mabanaft Group. MXB is a Bunkering and Oil Trading company focussed in East of Suez with Head Office in Singapore. Rahul has been with MXB for last three years representing the parent company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. In his current role Rahul manages commodity risk reporting & compliance, trade financing, credit management amongst other activities. His previous experience of more than 15 years include stints in International Trade, Corporate Treasury, Retailing and Internal Audit at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Rahul is a Chartered Accountant and hold a honours degree in Commerce from University of Delhi in India. Ross Wilkinson Bolero International Ltd.

Ross Wilkinson, Regional Director, Asia Pacific Bolero Ross Wilkinson was appointed Regional Director, Asia Pacific for Bolero in May 2004 and has since contributed in the transition of the company to being the market leader of multi‐bank infrastructure in support of corporate‐to‐bank and bank‐to‐corporate trade finance. Having over 30 years in the technology and banking industry, Ross has held other senior executive positions including VP Asia Pacific for Compuware, a leader in software and services across industry sectors. Ross has a BSc degree in Computer Science from University, Australia. Married and living in Hong Kong since 1995. Simon Constantinides HSBC

Simon Constantinides is HSBC's Regional Head of Global Trade & Receivables Finance business in Asia Pacific. His responsibilities cover for all aspects of GTRF's including Business Development, Services, Product Management, Risk and Control Management across all client segments of Global Banking, Financial Institutions, Commercial Banking, Receivables Finance, and Commodity and Structured Trade Finance. Simon was previously Regional Head of Trade and Supply Chain, Asia Pacific (ex Greater China), before he took over responsibility for China and Taiwan as well as responsibility for CSTF and Receivables Finance activity. Prior to his relocation to Hong Kong, Simon held several positions within HSBC Bank USA, N.A. including Head of Supply Chain Business for North America and subsequently as Head of Sales for Trade and Supply Chain, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., where he was instrumental in cementing HSBC’s trade and supply chain proposition in that market. Vivek Gupta ANZ

Vivek Gupta is Global Head of Trade & Supply Chain Product for ANZ. This role has accountability for overseeing the Product P&L, Product development & management and innovation in all Core Trade and Supply Chain Products across all geographies and customer segments of ANZ. Vivek has held leadership roles across Asia and Eastern Europe including India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Georgia and Kazakhstan in Transaction Banking, in Project Finance and in Relationship Management. Prior to joining ANZ in 2009, Vivek worked at HSBC where he held several senior in‐country and regional leadership roles. Vivek holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, and is a Mining Engineer by training. About ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. We began trading as the Bank of Australasia in 1835, and have since grown to become one of the world's leading financial service groups. One of the world's top 40 banks, ANZ has over six million retail, , small business, corporate, institutional and corporate finance customers worldwide. ANZ has a presence in 32 key markets across the Asia Pacific region, and in the UK, Middle East, Europe and America. ANZ AT A GLANCE A proud banking heritage spanning over 175 years. Largest listed company in New Zealand, largest Australasian bank in Asia and a leading bank in the Pacific. Over 48,000 employees around the world We have assets of AU$531.74 billion. We operate in more than 32 countries across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, Europe, Dubai, USA and Asia including our technology and operations centre in Bangalore, India. We have 411,692 shareholders (excludes employees whose only ANZ shares are held in trust under ANZ Employee share schemes). Angelie Tai Shandong Xiangguang Group

Angelie Tai works for Shandong Xiangguang Group William Shaw Texel Finance

William Shaw, Texel Asia Pte Limited William is Managing Director at Texel Asia Pte Limited, having been with the Texel Group for 12 years, now based in Singapore. William has 25 years of commodity trading, commodity finance and risk mitigation experience. Prior to joining Texel, William spent 5 years at WestLB as a Director of the Global Commodity Finance team, in Düsseldorf and in London. He also spent 9 years as Head of Finance at a global steel trading company. Through its insurance brokerage business, the Texel Group serves institutions that need to insure trade credit and political risk, through Texel Finance Limited, regulated by the FSA, as well as Texel Asia Pte Limited, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. All Senior Texel employees have had extensive experience as Commodity Finance bankers or at Commodity Trading companies or as Insurance Underwriters. This level of experience is unique in the insurance broking community and allows the Group to truly understand the needs of its clients, to represent them fully and to develop bespoke, creative solutions. Xavier Farcot Coface

Xavier Farcot (方邇國) Executive Vice President, Risk Underwriting, Asia Pacific Region, Coface Xavier Farcot is responsible for risk underwriting of the Group in Asia Pacific, manag‐ing a team of risk specialists located in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. He managed a team of professionals in business information, buyer’s assessment, claims and debt collection in the past few years. He has been with Coface since 1981, and stationed in Hong Kong since 2001. Over his years with Coface, Xavier has worked in a number of positions within various de‐partments including market survey insurance, human resources, finance and admin‐istration, and subsequently the short‐term risks underwriting department. Prior to joining Coface, he worked for Renault in the UK in their Management Control Office. Xavier graduated from the European Business School in 1981 after studying in Paris, Frankfurt and London, with a Diploma in Finance.